Resilient suspensions having means for adjusting the spring or vibration-damper characteristics, for regulating the distance between a supporting surface and a sprung part of vehicle or for locking suspension during use to meet varying vehicular or surface conditions, e.g. due to speed or load

(EN)DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AND MONITORING THE TILTING OF THE BODY OF A VEHICLE (FR)DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE ET DE CONTROLE DE L"INCLINAISON DE LA CAISSE D"UN VEHICULE

Abstract:

(EN)A device for controlling and monitoring the tilting of the body of a vehicle mounted on at least one running undercarriage on which the body is articulated about an axle substantially horizontal and disposed in the median plane of said body. The device comprises tilting means and means for maintaining the inclination of the body (1) controlled by a power shaft (22) rotatingly driven by the displacement means of the vehicle and comprising a tilting mechanism capable of being driven in two opposite directions by said power shaft (22) by means of one or the other of two declutchable coupling means controlling each the tilting in one direction and progressive clutching means for one or the other of said coupling means directly controlled by the pendular mass (82); the distance apart of said mass to one side or the other with respect to the plane pressing by the oscillation axis thereof and parallel to the median plane of the body (1) controls the progressive clutch of the two coupling means and determines the tilting of the body in the one direction allowing to bring back the median plane of said body to the direction of the apparent vertical passing by the oscillation axis and the gravity centre of the pendular mass. (FR)Dispositif de commande et de controle de l"inclinaison de la caisse d"un vehicule monte sur au moins un train roulant sur lequel la caisse est articulee autour d"un axe sensiblement horizontal et place dans le plan median de celle-ci. Le dispositif selon l"invention comprend des moyens de basculement et de maintien de l"inclinaison de la caisse (1) commandes par un arbre moteur (22) entraine en rotation par les moyens de deplacement du vehicule et comprenant un mecanisme de basculement susceptible d"etre entraine dans deux sens opposes par ledit arbre moteur (22) au moyen de l"un ou l"autre de deux moyens d"accouplement debrayables commandant le basculement chacun dans un sens et un moyen d"embrayage progressif de l"un ou l"autre desdits moyens d"accouplement commandes directement par la masse pendulaire (82), l"ecartement de celle-ci d"un cote ou de l"autre du plan passant par son axe d"oscillation et parallele au plan median de la caisse (1) commandant l"embrayage progressif de celui des deux moyens d"accouplement determinant le basculement de la caisse dans le sens permettant de ramener le plan median de celle-ci dans la direction de la verticale apparente passant par l"axe d"oscillation et le centre de gravite de la masse pendulaire.